Dictionary entry

Lament (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

La‐ment″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Lamented; p. pr. & vb. n.Lamenting.] To mourn for; to bemoan; to bewail.

One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes. Dryden.

Syn. — To deplore; mourn; bewail. See Deplore.